Autographic register



F. G. WHITE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1919.

LQQY QOK Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l.

F. G. WHITE.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10. 1919.

1 ,QO'LQO'? Patented Feb. 28; 1922.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.10, I9I9.

1,407,907. Patented Feb. 28, 1922.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

menace.

Toall whom it may concern: Be it known that'I, FRED G. WHITE, a'citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas Missouri, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Autographic Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention,

. such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same reference being had to the accompany-I ing drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of manifolding machines generally designated autographic registers in which it is ossible;

' to make a plurality of, copies of bills, 'invoices and the like at a single operation.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of means whereby the paper will be held in proper operative position .with respect to the machine in such manner that a measuring slide for withdrawing the proper amount of paper from the machine may be conveniently brought into gripping contact therewith. Q

The invention also includes means whereby the measuring slide mayfirstwithdraw the paper and release it so that the manifold copies as well as the original bill, invoice or the like ma be severed along a divisional line, preferab y by tearing.

The resent machine is so constructed that when t e sheets have been severed, the slide will automaticall return to its normal posi-. tion carrying wit it gripping devices which will automatically be brought into gripping position-with the advanced edge ofthe paper preparatory to another withdrawing operation. The paper for the original copy as well as for the manifold copies is preferably perforated between invoice units, the perfo- I rations being designed to receive pins or justifying lugs which pass through corresponding perforations in the several sheets so the correspondinglines or spaces upon the several sheets will be in justified alignment, the 'ustifying lugs being so disposed.

Other 0 jects and advantages of the invention will be specifically referred to hereinafter, it being understood that changes in form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departthe li ne sure foot bar.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b; 28, 1922 Application filed March 10,.1s1e. Serial No. 281,833.

rificing a 'y of its advantages.

In the. drawings,

ing machine constructed in accordance with my invention, the casin cover shown in raisedposition particular y illustrating the operat n mechanism thereon. I

Fig. I is an enlarged perspective view of the cover and its mechanism showing the measuring slide slightly extended.

Fig. III is a perspective view of the machine in operative position with the measuring slide artly'extended.

Fig. I the nachine. t

F g. V is a sectionalview through the usti yingmechanism.

Fi VI is a vertical. sectional view on VI-VI, Fig. II, showing the parts in their normal position.

, Fig. VII isa similarview showingthe ush handle depressed preparatory to withrawing the slide and the .mechanism cooperating with the push-handle shown in the position it assumes when the push handle is depressed.

Fi (III is a vertical longitudinal sectiona view] showing the position of the feeler fingers and their associated mechanism immediately after the paper has been severed.

Fig. IX is a perspective view .of the cam slide to-disengage the pins when threading the machine.

Fig. X is a perspective view of the pres- Referringnow to the drawings by numerals of reference:

1 designates a casing consisting of-a bottom, and two sides 2 and 3, there being a top 4 hinged to the two sides near the rear end Fig. I is a perspective view of a manifoldis a cross sectional view through V of the casing as indicated at 5. The top is provided with depending longitudinally disposed side flanges 6 and 7 between which the ma or portion of the operating mechanism is mounted and projecting from the upper face of the 'top' are guide lugs or projections 8 between which the several strips of paper are guided as they leave the idle rollers 9 .and 10 over which they pass from the reels 11, 1.2 and 13, the construction of reel being immaterialso far as the operation of this machine is concerned, an adapted form being shown in Figure IV as including the spring pressed jaws 14 and 15 which'do not constitute part of my present invention. As the paper is fed over the idle rollers 9 and 10 between the guide lugs 8, it is introduced to the justifying device, best shown in Figures V, VI and VII.

The justifying device consists of a block or bar 16 extending transversely of and positioned at the forward portion of the machine, there being a space between the top 4 and the bar and suitable mechanism carried by said bar. On the front'of the bar are two levers 17 and 18 pivoted at their inner ends by a pivot 19 (Fig. V).and having lugs 19' at their outer ends normally spring-pressed by springs 20, there being only one of the springs shown in Figure V. These lugs are adapted to normall engage recesses 20' in a measuring slide which will be hereinafter described) to lock the slide in its initial position.

- Slida'ble in the bar 16 are justifying bolts 21 which engage perforations in parallel paper strips and are adapted tobe depressed by the spring 21'. Y

22 is a laterally movable slide having cam slots as at 23 to engage the pins 24 on bolts 21.whereby said bolts may be raised out of engagement with the paper by sliding the member '22 from left to right as will be apparent by reference to Figure V.

25 is a severing knife in advance of the justifying mechanism and operated by suitable mechanism hereinafter referred to. On the side of the cover is a carbon receptacle 26 which may be hin ed thereto as at 27 and contain a roll of para lel carbon sheets which may pass between the sheets on which the manifold copies are to be made, the carbon and sheets being held by a removable shield 28 having an opening 29 whereby access may be had to the paper for writing upon the same.

30 is a slide secured in slidin engagement with the cover 4 by means 0 two sets of rollers. The rollers 31 are carried by the side flanges 32 of the slide and bear against the inner face 33 of the cover while the roll-' ers designated 34 are pivoted to the side flanges of the cover and bear against the edges 35 of the side flanges 32 of the slide. On the forward portion of the'slide is a spring-actuated rock shaft 36 which carries two arms 37 and 38 and on the free forward end of each arm is a perforation engaging lug 39 adapted to engage the perforations in thethe arms 37 and 38 are fast on the rock shaft 36, pressure against the arm 36 by the finger 46 will force both lugs through their openings in the slide and cause them to enter perforations in position to receive them, raising the lugs or bolts 21 from the paper strips 7 and at'the same time freeing the slide as the pins 24 on the bolts 21 rock the arms 17 and 18, raising the lugs 19 from the recesses 20. On the shafts 43 and 44 are cams 47 adapted to bear against the spring arms 48 of the paper grips 49 and 50 so that when the pusher handle 40 is actuated in a downward direction, the grippers 49 and 50 will engage the paper and when the pusher handle is released so as to assume its normal position as shown in Figure I, the spring arms 48 will cause the grippers to release the paper.

On the rock shaft 43 is a crank 51 to which a pitman 52 is pivoted, the other end of the pitma-n being connected to a crank 53 on the rock shaft 54; The spring 55 has a normal tendency to turn the shaft 54 anticlockwise and its movementin that direction is limited by a stop 56 adapted to strike against the inner face of the slide. On the shaft 54 are cams 57 and 58 which, when the slide is extended to the limit of its movement, are adapted to be brought into contact with the inwardly projecting fingers 59 I the 'feeler fingers 69, 70 and 71,.these fingers being spring-actuated pivotally on the ends of the arms 66 to 68, both inclusive. The fingers are adapted to enter and pass through the slots 72, 73 and 74 to bear against the paper preparatory to its being severed but are so disposed that when the paper is severed, a crank 76 carrying a dog 77 will be actuated so as to move the dogout of engagement with the rack 78 so that the dog, which has previously been caused to engage the rack when the slide is in its extended position, will be. withdrawn and the slide may be returned to its retracted position by the motor, best shown in Figure I. It is to be understood, of course, that the dog and rack are so associated that when the slide starts on its extended movement it cannot be retracted until it has moved to its full outward stroke because the crank 76 cannot be actuated to release the do at any intermediate extended position of t e slide.

The motor consists of a pitman or pullrod 79 connected at one end to a stud 80 on the under side of the cover and at the other end to the arm 81 pivoted at 82 to the slide. In order that power may be provided for the motor I utilize the coil'spring 83, one end of which is fast to the slide as at 84 and the other end of which is adapted to be wound around the pivot 82 for the arm. When the slide is pulled to its reatest extent, the spring winds around t e pivot 82 and, as'this is a tension spring, the expansion of the coil necessary to permit the unwinding, will store enough'energy in the spring to retract the slide just as soon as it is released from the rack by the dog 77.

85 is a pivoted arm to which one end of a spring 86 is connected and the other end of the spring is fast at 87 to the slide.] This arm serves as a awl to slip under the crank 45 when the sli e is in its retracted position so that the lugs 39 will be held in engagement with the paper but the arm will be moved out of engagement with the crank 45 when the slide is moved to its utmost extended position by the telescopic actuating rods 88 and 89, one of which is connected to the lever 85 and the other to a stud 90 on the cover, the actuation being caused by contact between the blocks 91 and 92 on the respective rods 88 and 89.-

93 is a foot or guide jections 94 and 95 extending into the block or bar 16 of the justifying device and said plate 93 has a base flange 96 which holds the paper in intimate contact with the writing table of the machine so as to insure the introduction of the lugs 39 when lugs 21 are displaced thereby.

It is to be understood that when the feeler fingers pass through the slots after the paper has been torn from the slide that the pawl 77 is moved away from therack but when the slide is returned to its normal position, a cam finger 97 engages a projection 98 to rotate the shaft 65 against the action of its spring 65 to reset the dog for engagement with the rack during the'next operation.

From the foregoing description .it will be apparent that the paper threaded in the machine will be held in perfect alignment by the justifying-device and that all of the strips will be gripped simultaneously by the projections 21. Just as soon as the 'measuring slide is moved to the extreme extended position, the paper will be released, ready to be torn off and as soon as it is torn off, the feeler fingers, which have been resting against the paper and holding the pawl into engagement with the rack, will swing through the openin s in the slide and through their comp ementary mechanism and move the dog out of engagement with the rack so that the motor can retract the slide to its original position. In doing this,

plate having pro-- paper, feeler fingers perforations in the paper so that the lugs 39 may assume the position previously assumed by the lugs 21, ready for the next operation.

Having thus described m invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is: v

1. In an autographic register, a aper holding means, means for line-justifying a plurallty of paper sheets, a paper measuring slide, means for locking the slide in its'extended osition and fingers or releasing t e locking means.

2. In an autographic register, a aper holding means, means for line-justifying a plurality of paper sheets, a paper measurmg slide, means for locking the slide in its extended position and paper-en aging feeler fingers on the bottom side of t e slide and ,means for projecting the feeler fingers throu h slots therein.

3. 11 an autographic register, means for holding paper, means for line-justifying a position to push the justifying lu s or pro ections 21 out of engagement wit the aper-engaging feeler plurality of paper sheets, a paper measuring 1 slide, means on the a er measuring slide for releasin the justi ylng device and simultaneous y engaging the paper, means for holding the measurm device in an extended position, and means or releasing said slide. 4. An autographic register comprlsing a casing, paper rolls in the casing, a slide, means on the slide for gripping the edges of the paper, a pawl an ratchet mechanism for the slide whereby the slide will be held in an extended position, and feeler fingers having ends adapted to normally lie agalnst the paper but having movement when the paper is removed for releasing the mechanism, and a motor for returning 'the slide to its normal position.

' 5. In an autographic register, a frame, paper supporting means on the frame, a slide exerting a longitudinal pull on the rojecta slots in the slide and adapted to' bear against the extended portions of the paper, a detent mechanism for holding the slide in its extended position, a motor having a normal tendency to return said slide, and a connection between the feeler fingers and the detent mechanism for releasing it from the extended portion when the paper is torn away from the remaining portion of the la through tended position, means for releasing the pawl and ratchet mechanism, and a motor for returning the slide to its normal positlon.

7. In an autographic register, a casing, paper rolls in sa1d caslng, a sllde, means on the slide for ripping the ed'gesof the paper, depending anges on the sllde, a pawl carried by one of said flanges, a racl; carried by the casing to be enga ed by said pawl, and means at the forwar end of said slide for releasing said pawl whereby the slide may be retracted within the cas1ng.

8. In an autograph i0 register, a casing, paper rolls in sa d casing, a sl de, means on the slide for ripping the edges of the paper, depending anges on the slide, a pawl carried by one of said flanges, a rack carried by the casing to be engaged by sa1d pawl, means at the forward end of said slide for releasing said pawl whereby the sl de may be retracted within the casi n and a motor for retracting said slide w1t in the casing.

9.' In an autographie reglster, a frame, paper supporting means on the frame, a

slide exerting a longitudinal pull 'on the aper in the plane of ,the paper, feeler ngers, means for projecting the feeler fingers through slots in the slide to bear against the extended portions of the aper, a detent mechanism for holding the 1de in its extended position comprising a pawl and ratchet mechanism, a motor'having a norby t e frame, a detent carried by the flangeto en age the rack, and means for releasing said etent. i

In testimony whereof I afiix m si nature. FRED G. ITE. 

